• It makes no difference abroad —

    The Seasons — fit — the same —

    The Mornings blossom into Noons —

    And split their Pods of Flame —


    Wild flowers — kindle in the Woods —

    The Brooks slam — all the Day —

    No Black bird bates his Banjo —

    For passing Calvary —


    Auto da Fe — and...

  • The difference between Despair

    And Fear — is like the One

    Between the instant of a Wreck

    And when the Wreck has been —


    The Mind is smooth — no Motion —

    Contented as the Eye

    Upon the Forehead of a Bust —

    That knows — it cannot see —